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Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Woman freed as Dutch radio station hostage-taking ends

A hostage situation at a Dutch radio station has ended after police arrested a man and rescued a woman.

Earlier, Dutch police cordoned off the building used by local radio station 3FM in the city of Hilversum and confirmed the hostage situation.

Local media said a man forced his way into the building after making threats to a couple outside.

Police have confirmed a hostage situation at a building used by Dutch radio station 3FM. (Twitter/@RudawEnglish)

Not long after, police stormed the building and arrested the hostage-taker and freed the woman.

During the hostage-taking, the station's broadcasting continued without reference to the situation inside.

ANP Nieuws reported the man threatened the woman, an employee at the station, with a knife in a parking lot next to the building and forced her to take him inside.

The incident follows the departure of one of the radio station's most popular disk jockeys on Wednesday. DJ Giel Beelen announced he was leaving the station after 19 years, likely to accept a job at a different broadcaster.